Teacher at centre of Harry row

This is the art teacher at the centre of a storm over claims that Prince Harry cheated in his A-level coursework.

After working for three years at Eton College as a probationary teacher, she says the prestigious boarding school refused to offer her a staff appointment.

A newspaper claimed yesterday that, two years ago, the school's senior master told Miss Forsyth to help Harry with technical terms in his AS-level art coursework journal.

The coursework counted towards his A-level results. Harry eventually obtained a B in art and a D in geography.

But Miss Forsyth denied at the tribunal today that she had ever spoken to the press.

She said there were "important inaccuracies" in stories that she sat next to the prince and helped him. But the teacher, 30, stopped short of saying the central allegation was untrue.

Today's hearing was adjourned after two hours following legal submissions on whether past and present pupils at Eton could be identified.

It will resume on Thursday for what tribunal chairman Richard Byrne described as "a pre-hearing review of issues relating to Prince Harry".

Afterwards Miss Forsyth said in a statement: "My desire is to have my case against Eton College determined by an employment tribunal and by nobody else.

"I have made no disclosures to the press prior to the case being heard about the facts as I see them, nor have I authorised anyone else to do so.

"The reports which have so far appeared in the press have contained a number of important inaccuracies about my position and about what had happened. I intend to inform the tribunal about these inaccuracies."

Both Clarence House and Eton have released statements firmly denying the cheating claims.

A statement on behalf of Prince Harry, now 20, said: "These are unfounded claims by a member of staff in the context of a dispute with the school.

"These allegations were fully investigated by the relevant exam board who found there was no evidence to support them." The claims, which Eton College says are "absurd, untrue and of no relevance", surfaced in the News Of The World.

They are seen as significant because Prince Harry barely scraped the two A-level passes he needed to start officer training at Sandhurst.

Eton College says it returned his art examination papers anonymously for checking by examination board Edexcel, which found no evidence of cheating.

The allegations highlight continuing concerns about the value of GCSE and A-level coursework.